2008 - 2009 Academic Calendar

Early Start-Block 1 (Class of 2009, with approval)

June 16, 2008

Class of 2010- Intersession I- Transition to the Clinical Years MANDATORY.

June 30-July 3,2008 (M-Th. all day)

Independence Day Holiday, All Classes/Clerkships

Fri., July 4, 2008

Year 3: Block 1 Begins
Year 4: Block 1 Begins

Mon., July 7, 2008

Year 4: Block 1 Ends

Fri.,   Aug. 1, 2008

Year 4: Block 2 Begins

Mon. Aug. 4, 2008

Introduction to Problem-Based Learning in PIL

Aug. 4, 5, 6, 2008

Year 1 Orientation

Aug. 5-8, 2008

PIL Year 1 Block 1 Begins

Fri., Aug. 8, 2008 at 1:00 pm

PIL Year 2 Block V Begins

Mon., Aug. 11, 2008

IFM Yr1 and Yr 2 Begins

Mon., Aug. 11, 2008

Year 3:  Block 1 Ends

Fri., Aug. 15, 2008

Year 3: Block 2 Begins

Mon., Aug. 18, 2008

Year 4: Block 2 Ends

Fri., Aug. 29, 2008

Labor Day Holiday

Mon., Sept. 1, 2008

Year 4: Block 3 Begins

Tues. Sept. 2, 2008

Year 3: Block 2 Ends
Year 4: Block 3 Ends

Fri.., Sept. 26, 2008

Year 3:Block 3 Begins
Year 4: Block 4 Begins

Mon., Sept. 29, 2008

Year 4: Block 4 Ends

Fri.., Oct. 24, 2008

Year 4: Block 5 Begins

Mon., Oct. 27, 2008

PIL Yr 2 Block VI Begins

Tues., Oct.28, 2008

PIL Yr 1 Block II Begins

Fri.., Oct. 31, 2008

Year 3: Block 3 Ends

Fri.., Nov. 7, 2008

Year 3: Block 4 Begins

Mon., Nov.10, 2008

Year 4: Block 5 Ends

Fri., Nov. 21, 2008

Year 4: Block 6 Begins

Mon., Nov. 24, 2008

IFM Yr 1 & Yr 2 Thanksgiving Holiday Begins

Tues, Nov. 25, 2008 at  5 pm

PIL Yrs 2- Thanksgiving Holiday Begins

Tues. Nov 25  2008 at 3:30 PM

PIL Yr 1 Thanksgiving Holiday Begins

Wed.  Nov 26, 2008 at  Noon    

Thanksgiving Holiday, All Clerkships -Begins

Wed., Nov. 26, 2008 at 5 PM

All 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th year Classes/Clerkships Resume

Mon., Dec, 1, 2008

PIL Yr 2 Winter Break Begins

Tues , Dec. 16, 2008 at 3 PM

IFM Yr 1 Winter Break Begins

Thurs., Dec. 18, 2008 at Noon

Year 3: Block 4 Ends  
Year 4: Block 6 Ends

Fri., Dec. 19, 2008 at  5PM

IFM Yr 2 Winter Break Begins

Fri., Dec. 19, 2008 at Noon

PIL Yr 1 Winter Break Begins

Fri., Dec. 19, 2008 at 4 PM

Winter Break for 3rd and 4th Year Clinical Students

Dec. 20, 2008 - January 4, 2009

IFM Yr 1 & 2 Classes resume

Mon.,  Jan 5, 2009

Year 3: Block 5 Begins
Year 4: Block 7 Begins

Mon., Jan. 5, 2009

PIL Yr 1 Classes Resume

Mon, Jan. 5, 2009

PIL Yr 2 Classes Resume

Tues., Jan. 6, 2009

MANDATORY Class Meeting – Class of 2011

Tues, Jan. 6, 2009 –4:30 pm (time subject to change)

Clinical Site Fair-Tentative

Thurs., Jan. 8, 2009- 5-6:30 PM (time subject to change)

Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday, All Classes/Clerkships

Mon., Jan. 19, 2009  ONLY

All Classes/Clerkships Resume

Tues., Jan. 20, 2009

PIL Yr 1 Block III Begins

Mon., Jan 26, 2009

PIL Block VII Begins

Tues., Jan.27, 2009

Year 4: Block 7 Ends

Fri., Jan. 30, 2009

Year 4: Block 8 Begins

Mon., Feb. 2, 2009

Year 3: Block 5 Ends

Fri., Feb. 13, 2009

MANDATORY Class Meeting - Class of 2010

Fri., Feb. 13, 2009 – 4:30 pm (time subject to change)

Year 3: Block 6 Begins

Mon., Feb. 16, 2009

Year 4: Block 8 Ends

Fri., Feb. 27, 2009

Year 4: Block 9a Begins

Mon., Mar 2, 2009-   2 week rotation only

PIL  Yr 1 Spring Break Begins

Fri., Feb .27, 2009 at 2 PM

PIL Yr 1 Classes Resume

Mon., Mar. 9, 2009

IFM Yr 2 Spring Break Begins

Fri., Mar. 13, 2009 at 5 PM

IFM Yr 2   NBME Comprehensive Basic Science Exam -Mandatory

Mon. Mar 13, 2009 at 8:30 AM

PIL Yr 2  Spring Break Begins

Thurs., Mar. 12, 2009 at 3 PM

Year 4: Block 9b Begins –Intersession - MANDATORY

Mon., Mar. 16, 2009 –Two week Intersession     

Year 4: Match Day

Thurs., Mar. 19, 2009

IFM Yr 2 Classes Resume

Mon., Mar. 23, 2009

PIL Yr 2 Classes Resume

Tues., Mar. 24, 2009

Year 3: Block 6 Ends
Year 4: Block 9 Ends

Fri., Mar. 27, 2009

PIL Yr2  NBME Basic Science Comprehensive Exam

Fri. March 27,2009

IFM Yr 1 Spring Break Begins

Fri., Mar.27, 2009 at 3 PM

Year 3: Block 7 Begins
Year 4: Block 10 Begins

Mon., Mar. 30, 2009

IFM Yr 1 Classes Resume

Mon., Apr. 6, 2009

PIL Yr 1 Practicum Begins

Mon., Apr. 20, 2009

Year 4: Block 10 Ends

Fri., Apr. 24, 2009

PIL Yr 2 –End- of- Year Basic Science Comprehensive Exam

Mon. April 27,2009

Year 4: Block 11 Begins

Mon., Apr. 27, 2009

PIL Yr 2 Summer Break Begins

Mon., April 27, 2009 at 1 PM

IFM Yr 2 Ends

Fri., May 5, 2009 at 2 PM

Year 3: Block 7 Ends

Fri., May 8, 2009

Year 3: Block 8 Begins

Mon., May 11, 2009

Year 2 IFM and PIL , On-line NBME Comprehensive Basic Science Exam- Students required to take exam will be notified . Exam may be taken anytime between 5/11-5/29/09

Mon, May 11-Fri, May 29,2009

Year 4: Commencement

May 15, 2009  

Year 4: Block 11 Ends

Fri., May 22, 2009

Memorial Day Holiday Begins, All Classes and Clerkships

Fri., May 22, 2009 at 5 PM

All Classes/Clerkships Resume

Tues., May 26, 2009 

IFM Yr 1 Summer Break Begins

Fri., May 29, 2009 at 4 PM

PIL Yr 1 Practicum Ends

Fri., June 5, 2009

PIL Yr 1 Practicum Evaluations

Mon., June 8 –Fri. June 12, 2009

Year 3: Block 8 Ends

Fri., June 19, 2009

PIL Yr 1 End-of - Year Basic Science Comprehensive Exam

Fri. June 19, 2009

PIL Yr 1 Summer Break Begins

Fri., June 19, 2009, at 1 PM

Class of 2011- Intersession I -Transition to the Clinical Year MANDATORY.

June 29-July 2, 2009 (M-Th. all day)


All dates are subject to change

For Memorial Day and Labor Day holidays, vacation begins 5 pm Friday.  Class resumes on Tuesday morning.

*There are no days off during clerkships.  All academic and clinical assignments missed during an absence must be completed satisfactorily before academic credit can be awarded for the course/clerkship.  To be excused, absences that can be anticipated, e.g., observance of religious holidays, must be requested in writing and approved by the course/clerkship director prior to or at the beginning of the clerkship.

Time away from fourth-year clinical rotation assignments for the purpose of interviewing for residencies is permitted under the following conditions:  A maximum of two days absence in any four week rotation is permitted for residency interviewing.  The student is responsible for obtaining faculty approval for such absences before they occur using the Time Off Request Form: http://webcampus.med.drexel.edu/clinicaleducation/INTERVIEWTIMEOFF.htm.  A course director has the prerogative to assign make up work for any absence from a clinical rotation.
Absences without prior notification of the faculty will be considered as unexcused absences, and potentially subject to action of the
year-appropriate Student Promotions Committee.